Kenya’s shilling reversed gains before an announcement later today by the International Criminal Court that is expected to identify six of the main suspects allegedly involved in post-election violence in 2008.

At first glance, the two scenes on either side of the frenetic Nairobi roundabout couldn’t have seemed more different. To the west, diplomats, businessmen in bespoke suits, political operatives and sons and daughters of Kenya’s colonial...

Human rights activists are hailing a landmark ruling by a pan-African body as a major victory for indigenous people across Africa. The ruling orders the Kenyan government to take steps to return land to a group of indigenous people forced out by the...

Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden have hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship thought to be carrying 17 seafarers from Romania and Libya, a Kenya-based maritime group said on Thursday. Ecoterra, which monitors shipping off Somalia, said the 4,800-tonne MV...

A Kenyan woman is accusing her Saudi employer of throwing her out of a third floor window, breaking her legs and hands. Another maid, just rescued by relatives, said she had to live on dog food because her employers neither fed her nor allowed her out...

Nearly two years after a wave of post-election violence brought this East African nation to the brink of civil war, Joseph Ngaruiya has learned to ride his bike with one leg, the other having never fully healed from machete cuts. He’s learned to...

Mfangano Island on Lake Victoria, two hours by motorboat from mainland Kenya, is a popular destination spot for honeymooners on safari: a verdant fishing outpost without electricity or running water. But this remote locale is the epicenter of Kenya’s...

Tales of conflict emerging from this remote, arid region of Kenya have disturbing echoes of the lethal building blocks that turned Darfur into a killing ground in western Sudan. Tribes that lived side by side for decades say they’ve been pushed...

Kenya President Kibaki has hailed US President Barack Obama on his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize win. He said the award was a fitting tribute to the US President for his efforts in initiating dialogue aimed at bringing about sustainable peace in various parts...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Sep 29 (IPS) - Three years after being seized from their families and forced to marry and have sex with adult men in a Shona ritual to appease an avenging spirit, five teenagers are facing a dismal reality. The girls from Honde Valley...